Target

(noun.) sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at.

(noun.) a reference point to shoot at; 'his arrow hit the mark'.

(noun.) the location of the target that is to be hit.

(verb.) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; 'He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face'; 'criticism directed at her superior'; 'direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself'.

欧文整理

• Strictly speaking, not the target but hitting the target is the end in view; one takes aim by means of the target, but also by the sight on the gun. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Do not think of it as a man but as a target, _de acuerdo? 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Yet, bethink thee, noble Saxon, said the knight, thou hast neither hauberk, nor corslet, nor aught but that light helmet, target, and sword. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• When the large cannons in the forts on our coast are discharged during target practice, there are usually a lot of windows broken in the nearby houses. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• A target was placed at the upper end of the southern avenue which led to the lists. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• On the other side of the lawn, facing the targets, was pitched a real tent, with benches and garden-seats about it. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He turned upon them his painfully circular eyes, surrounded by concentric lines like targets. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• People don't come with grudges and schemes of finishing their practice with live targets, I hope? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• A series of 25,000 shots were fired thus, by eight gun pointers, at targets corresponding to the size of a battleship as seen at ranges of 1,500, 3,000, 6,000 and 9,000 yards. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The little glass-knob insulators made seductive targets for ignorant sportsmen. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

校对:苏西